I Got Lost in Music #6 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Squeeze

Squeeze formed in 1975 in Deptford, London in the UK. They are an extremely popular and well known group despite only having three UK top ten hits. Never particularly famous in the rest of the world, their best selling US single was 'Hourglass' released in 1987.
Squeeze are still touring today.

*Useless Information* Squeeze were named after a 1973 album released by the Velvet Underground which was universally panned by the critics.

Answer: Brothers

Ron and Russel Mael were brothers. The band was formed in 1968 under the name Halfnelson, changing their name to Sparks in 1972 after signing a record deal with Warner Brothers.

*Useless Information* For a time, in 1973, Sparks were the resident band at The Marquee in London; on one memorable occasion a new band called Queen opened for them.
When they appeared on BBC TV's 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' - a British late night music show (the title doesn't do the program justice) - Sparks were described by 'Whispering' Bob Harris, the presenter, as a cross between Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention and The Monkees.

Answer: Whiskey in the Jar

'Whiskey in the Jar' is based on a traditional Irish ballad which has been around since the 17th century.
Thin Lizzy were not happy with the release as they felt it did not truly reflect the image that the band wanted to show, but it was the band's first top ten UK hit and probably the best known version of a song which has been recorded by many different bands in many different languages.

Answer: Stone

Mott the Hoople formed in 1969 from a little known group called Silence. They are not a particularly well known band, only achieving three top ten UK hits in the five years they were really active. Only one song reached the US top 50.

*Useless Information* In 1971 the band was on the verge of splitting up when they were approached by David Bowie. Originally he offered them 'Suffragette City', which the band turned down, he then offered them 'All the Young Dudes' which they recorded and released. This turned out to be their biggest hit, reaching number three in the UK and number 37 in the US. David Bowie also produced the album, 'All the Young Dudes' which reached number 21 in the UK album charts.

Answer: It was a solo drum instrumental

Cozy Powell played drums for a number of bands / people including The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Whitesnake, The Brian May Band and is probably best known for drumming for Black Sabbath.

*Useless Information* Cozy Powell featured on over 60 albums released by different bands throughout his career, which was tragically cut short when he was killed in a car accident on the M4 motorway in England.

*Bonus Useless Information* Cozy Powell appeared on a BBC television programme called 'Record Breakers' where he ran between 400 drums hitting each one once to establish a world record.

Answer: The Netherlands

'Radar Love' was a number seven UK hit and number 13 on the Billboard charts in 1973.

Formed in 1961, by 13 year old George Kooymans and his friend 15 year old Rinus Gerritsen, in The Hague in Holland, Golden Earring are thought to be one of the oldest rock bands still playing with the same line-up. The newest member Cesar Zuiderwijk - the band's drummer - joined them in 1970.

*Useless information* 'Radar Love' was voted the second best driving song ever on the BBC's 6th series of 'Top Gear' (2005). Number one was Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now'.

Answer: Wild

'Born to be Wild' was written by the strangely named Mars Bonfire, a pseudonym for Dennis Edmonton. Edmonton was a member of a group called The Sparrows, which evolved into Steppenwolf.

*Useless Information* 'Born to be Wild' is often cited as the first 'Heavy Metal' song, the second verse has the lyrics:

'I like smoke and lightning, Heavy metal thunder....',

This is believed to be the first use of the phrase in pop music.

Answer: Willy and the Poor Boys

'Willy and the Poor Boys' was a number three hit album for CCR in 1969. The other choices were also albums by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
'Fortunate Son' was released as a double 'A' side single along with 'Down on the Corner' peaking on the US Billboard charts, coincidentally, at number three in December 1969.

*Useless Information* 'Fortunate Son' was inspired by the grandson of President Dwight Eisenhower who married the daughter of President Nixon. According to John Fogerty, in an interview with 'Rolling Stone' magazine "Julie Nixon was hanging around with David Eisenhower and you just had the feeling that none of these people were going to be involved with the [Vietnam] war". The song is written from the perspective of a soldier in Vietnam who is not a 'senator's son'.

Answer: Bob Dylan

Originally appearing on Bob Dylan's 'John Wesley Harding' album in 1967, Jimi Hendrix's version is probably the best known and is ranked 47th on 'Rolling Stone magazine's' 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The Jimi Hendrix recording reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and number six in the UK.

*Useless Information* When Bob Dylan released 'All Along the Watchtower' as a single in 1968 it didn't reach the charts. Despite this Dylan has performed the song live more often than any other of his own recordings - according to his website a total of 2,034 up to 2012.

Answer: Me and Bobby McGee

'Me and Bobby McGee' was a posthumous Billboard number one in January 1971, three months after Janis's death.

Unfortunately, for the world of rock music, Janis Joplin is a member of the 27 club - a list of musicians who have died at the age of 27 - after succumbing to a drug overdose.

*Useless Information* Joplin's version of 'Me and Bobby McGee' was the second posthumous number one single in US chart history, the first being 'Sitting on the Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding.